I think people want their illusions and writers are mostly illusion. When you read their words, you read a flattened, incomplete version of the writer.
I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.
Health consists of having the same diseases as one's neighbors.
Time is that quality of nature which keeps events from happening all at once. Lately it doesn't seem to be working.
The car slewed to a stop and only then did I notice that it wasn't a cop car, ambulance or fire-engine.
Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.